Interfax, Russia
Aug 14 2012

Claims Ukraine sold missile systems to Armenia a provocation –
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry

KYIV. Aug 14

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has described as a provocation media
reports alleging that Ukraine sold multiple rocket launchers and
mobile missile systems to Armenia in 2011.

“These online claims of an unidentified origin are a provocation,”
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Dikusarov said at a
press briefing on Tuesday.

Ukraine has been strictly observing the international obligations
assumed before the UN and the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, and the national legislation, as well, he said.

Given Ukraine’s upcoming presidency of the OSCE, Kyiv will continue
making maximum effort to strengthen security and stability in the
region, Dikusarov said.

The Ukrainian Embassy in Azerbaijan earlier denied media reports
claiming that Ukraine sold multiple rocket launchers and mobile
missile systems to Armenia in 2011.

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